Tragic Two-Liners

1.

He woke up and reached over for her.

She wasn't there, and never would be again.

2.

Either we're alone in the universe, or we're not.

Both are terrifying.

3.

Some people die at 25 but aren't buried until 75.

4.

We live together but we die alone.

5.

The people you know will become the people you knew.

6.

He promised her he would wait for her forever.

She made him keep that promise.

7.

Death is not the greatest loss in life.

A greater loss comes from what dies while we're still alive.

8.

I'm a better ghost than I was a human.

9.

Love is a chemical reaction that compels animals to breed.

10.

They loved fiercely, burning like stars in the night sky.

Yet even stars, given time, burn out.

11.

In a universe so vast, we found each other.

In a world so small, we lost each other.

12.

Their love was a melody, sweet and all-consuming.

But even the most beautiful songs end in silence.

13.

Laughter was his antidote to life's poisons.

One day, the laughter stopped, and the poison took hold.

14.

Childhood is a dream from which we never fully awake.

Adulthood is the alarm clock that rings too soon.